My (31F) child’s (6mos) father (30M) is lying about his finances in his Domestic Financial Affidavit. He is self-employed and is paid via Zelle (untaxed). He is the petitioner in our legitimation case, requesting joint physical and legal custody. Our daughter and I currently have a 1-year temporary protective order against him. This case was initiated in October 2024, after my attorney sent over a 6.4 B letter due to him refusing to turn over discovery. He finally submits it and is lying. Is this sort of issue revealed in court?
Jesus, I don’t know anyone who gets full child support that isn’t deducted from their ex’s paycheck.
Your attorney isn’t doing a discovery on his Zelle?
Report him to the IRS.
Send subpoenas to any place you believe he receives income. It is extremely difficult to deal with self-employed individuals. Have your lawyer start tough and do not go by his ‘sworn’ financials.
Tell your Lawyer that he is hiding money. I would tell the IRS but then you are not going to get any money.
Non-custodial parents usually find ways to not pay their obligation. If you are going to court, yes show this to the judge. Good luck.
If he’s running a business with Zelle they are sending 1099K. The IRS will have that info whether he files or not.
Zelle does not send 1099s (other payment mechanisms like PayPal and Venmo do). You need to get your lawyer to force him to provide his bank statements.
Have your attorney send discovery about his expenses. I catch a lot of people claiming they only make x, but their expenses are x+… without explanation it becomes clear they are lying.
Yep. Have the lawyer include bank statements in there, from the bank, not him. Make sure you cover his actual bank accounts.
Business AND personal bank accounts. He could’ve set up an LLC or DBA and has deposits go into bank accounts in those names.
How about sending a subpoena for his Zelle account if that’s how he is paid.
Your attorney can subpoena his bank records.
Zelle is always tied to a bank account, so it’s both. Zelle to get the account information he’s been using and then the actual bank records.
If he’s paid by Zelle, the money is deposited into a bank account of some sort. Report him to the IRS.